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Navigating Your Path to Breast Care: An Introduction Different services and information are needed at different points in the wide spectrum of breast health care and breast cancer treatment. While there are common pathways to screening, diagnosis, and treatment within breast care and breast cancer, it is important to match your individual story and choices to those pathways. Within this section you can choose the area that you feel is most applicable to your individual story. In each area, you will find a relevant personal map to your story as well as Breast Care Center clinical programs, clinical research and education connected to that personal map. We see the information here as a starting point to help you begin to understand the range of terminology, procedures, and treatments associated with breast care and breast cancer. With information such as this, we hope, as a patient, you will be more enabled to participate with your doctor in planning the best possible treatment; or as a friend or family member, you will be better able to support someone close to you who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. This section is intended as a source of information and educational resource to assist you in the dialogue with your physician. This information does not replace the expertise and clinical judgment of your physician. Each patient's situation must be evaluated individually by a medical team. It is important to discuss all information regarding your breast health and treatment options with your physician. |
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